Oakdale vs Wartburg

A side-by-side comparison of Oakdale and Wartburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Oakdale and Wartburg are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wartburg has the higher population (1,266 vs 189 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $24,833 in Wartburg). Wartburg has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $95,400 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Wartburg
Population	189	1,266
Median age	50.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$24,833
Median home value	$95,400	$181,000
Median gross rent	$617	$658
Housing units	85	444
Homeownership rate	91.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Wartburg
Population	263 → 189 (-28.1%)	1,045 → 1,266 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$45,114 → $51,875 (+15.0%)	$39,250 → $24,833 (-36.7%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $95,400 (+44.8%)	$103,000 → $181,000 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $617 (+29.9%)	$575 → $658 (+14.4%)

Oakdale

Population

263189

Median household income

$45,114$51,875

Median home value

$65,900$95,400

Median gross rent

$475$617

Wartburg

Population

1,0451,266

Median household income

$39,250$24,833

Median home value

$103,000$181,000

Median gross rent

$575$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Wartburg
Under 5	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	4.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	23.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.4%
75 and over	14.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Wartburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Wartburg
No high school diploma	32.5%	19.3%
High school graduate	36.4%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Wartburg
Drove alone	96.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Wartburg
1-unit, detached	69.4%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Wartburg
Poverty rate	8.8%	38.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1978	1977